1 . Bringing a baby home is always a special moment, but it was made even sweeter for Dustin and Caren Moore on a Southwest Airlines flight. When the new parents flew home with their adopted newborn daughter, they were _______ to a special baby shower(迎婴派对).

Sharing details of what happened, Dustin _______ to bring some positivity to Twitter and remind people there is _______ in this world.

On Nov. 8. 2019, the Moores flew from Colorado to California. As first-time parents, they felt_______but determined in their new_______. When their daughter needed a diaper (尿布)change, a flight attendant named Jenny_______space in the back of the plane to make it _______for them. Then, Jenny and another passenger praised their beautiful daughter and_______asked why they took such a(n) _______ baby on the plane. Dustin gave them the shortened adoption story, to which they offered ________, and shared a few more kind ________. Suddenly, they heard the ________, “Ladies and gentlemen, there’s a very special guest on the flight today. She’s only 8 days old and she’s ________ home with her parents.”

Flight attendants then ________ napkins(餐巾纸) and asked passengers to share any words of ________ they may have for the new parents. Finally, 60 napkins were handed to the Moores, who were ________ by the kindness of strangers. And some of the tips have already been ________.

Dustin really likes the one that says get sleep when the baby sleeps. Another ________ that the family adopt a dog, which is something Dustin would love to do.

“Those ________ helped us realize everything will be ________,” Dustin said. “We believe our daughter will live a good life and be a wonderful person.”

2 . I enjoy feeding a colorful flock of birds in my garden. About three years ago, I noticed a newcomer to this festive display. It was a baby chipmunk, apparently on its own. Over that summer, I watched it ______. The brown stripes on its back darkened. The next summer, when the chipmunk was ______, I wondered whether it would ______ me to feed it by hand. I named it Chip.

I decided to employ the ______ I used to persuade wild cats to come close for food: patience, a soft voice, slow ______ and repetition.

Before Chip would approach, I’d ______ its favorite food — sunflower seeds, bend down and keep very ______. I’d leave my open hand in place, unmoving, ______ the animal would know I wouldn’t ______ it. I continued doing this for a few weeks.

Finally, late in that second summer, Chip did ______ more trust. One day as I ______ a seed in my palm, it ______ and carefully took the seed into its mouth.

After about two months of this ______, I went further. With my index finger, I touched its back ______ for the first time. Chip stayed put, eating seeds, before rushing into the bushes. Today, the chipmunk comes out of ______ when I call its name, and lets me pet its soft, silky body.

A friend once mentioned that after she ______ a dog, she noticed that her elevated blood pressure had approached ______ without medication, and she became calmer and could handle stress better. I think I, too, feel calmer from my ______ with Chip.

I’ve also developed a greater respect for nature and its ______ and the opportunity to ______, protect and save wildlife.

3 . Music to My Ears

Robby was 10 for his first piano lesson in my class. Much as he tried, he____even the basic rhythm(节奏）. However, he dutifully reviewed the pieces that I required.

Over the months he tried and tried while I____and encouraged him. At the end of each lesson he'd always say, "My mom's going to hear me play some day."____it seemed hopeless.

I only knew his mother from a __ as she waited in her aged car to pick him up. Then one day Robby stopped coming. I was secretly____that he stopped because of his lack of ability. Weeks later I informed the students, including Robby, of the coming recital（独奏）. To my____, Robby asked me if he could be included. I told him he really did not qualify because he had____out. He said his mom had been sick and unable to take him to lessons but he was still____.

"I've just got to play!" he____. Something inside me let me allow him to.

Then came the recital night. The gym was____with parents. I put Robby up____, thinking that I could save his poor performance through my "curtain closer（谢幕）."

The recital went off smoothly. Then Robby came up on stage. His clothes were wrinkled and his hair was ___. "Why didn't his mother at least make him comb his hair for this special night?" I thought.

Robby pulled out the piano bench and began. I was not____for what I heard next. His fingers were___ on the keys. Never had I heard Mozart played so well by people of his age. After he ended, everyone rose___ their feet in wild applause.

In ___I ran up on stage and put my arms around Robby. "I've never heard you play like that, Robby! How did you__it?"

Robby explained, "Well, Miss Hondorf…remember I told you my mom was sick? …___she had cancer and passed away yesterday. She was born deaf, so tonight she could hear me play in heaven. I wanted to make it special."

There wasn’t a__eye in the house. That night I felt he was the teacher and I was the pupil, for it was he who taught me the meaning of perseverance and__.

4 . Many little kids dream of changing the world, but how does someone so_________make a difference to a place so big? This 5-year-old boy from the UK may have found a_________.

Toby is reaching out to every country through letters. He’s_______to contact at least one person from each country -- and get a_________. Toby’s mission began with a_______assignment from school. His mother, Sabine, said.

He was asked to read a book called A Letter to New Zealand, which _________ the journey a letter takes. _________reading it, he asked, “Mummy, can I write a letter to New Zealand?” And while I was still trying to _________ how to answer that, he said, “Can I write a letter to the _________ world?”

At first she thought his__________ for the project would __________, but 239 letters later, Toby is still going strong. __________ he’s written to 187 countries and received many replies. But Toby’s project won’t __________ there. The 5-year-old also wants to find a way to help the people he’s __________ with.

“When we started writing letters, we __________with easily accessible First World countries,” his mother added. “Suddenly, we got a(n) __________in Somalia. When we researched the country, Toby was __________ and asked what he could do to help. Together, we __________a charity whose work was accessible to children.”

Toby chose the ShelterBox, a charity that provides for families and children who have __________everything due to disasters. Just today, Toby met his __________ of raising $ 950. “I want the world to be a better place,”Toby said.

5 . Two weeks ago, I felt life was so hard to me. My husband, Jack, drove an 18-wheeler for a living. On his way home from Colorado three months ago, he _______ a sudden rainstorm on the highway. The driver in the car in front of him _______ control on the pavement. In order to avoid _______ the car, Jack drove his truck into a ditch (沟渠) and he lost his life. But he _______ all the family in the car.

I was shocked. In all our twenty-three years of marriage, Jack had never wanted me to work. After losing my husband, I tried to find _______ but, without skills, no one wanted to hire me. After _______ Jack, I used up the remaining money. I started going to the food pantry (食物分发站). Two weeks before Christmas, I came to buy some _______ for what I thought might be my last dinner. _______, one of the volunteers handed me a gift card. There was no value _______ on the card but I hoped it would be enough to buy my grandchildren a few small gifts. Imagine my ________ when I went to the store and found out the card was worth $500. The________ money allowed me to buy Christmas ________ for my grandchildren and enough groceries (杂货). Feeling ________, I signed up for a call center training ________ and will begin working in less than a month.

I thank that volunteer and all the people who ________ out to help people in need. I know I will lead a wonderful new life.

6 . Capturing the lines of love

I’ve never been the kind of person to say, “it’s the thought that counts” when it comes to gifts. That was until a couple of weeks ago, when my kids gave me a present that blew me away.

For years now, I’ve been wanting to sell our home, the place where my husband and I _______our kids. But to me, this house is much more than just a_______ .In the front room, there’s a wall that has hundreds of pencil lines,_______ the progress of my children’s growth.Every growth_______ is marked in grey, with each child’s name and the date they were_______ .

Most people I know have been featured on a wall like this, or at least had a wall like it in their home.

Of all the objects and all the ___________, it’s this one thing in a home that’s the   ___________ to leave behind. Friends I know have returned home after work only to   ___________       their wall of heights has been ___________painted over. A new paint job wouldn’t normally be greeted   by____________,   but   erasing   that   evidence   of   motherhood ________ more than it should.   Our   kids   grow   in   so   many   ways,   but   the   wall   is   ____________evidence of their progress, right there for everyone to ____________.

Over the years, I’ve   talked   about   how   much   I   would________ leaving   that   wall behind when I moved, even though the last marks were made 10 years ago when my kids stopped________.So one day, while I was at work, my children decided to do something     about it.They hired a professional photographer whose________ is about capturing ( 捕 捉 ) the________ things in life, from clear lakes and skies to ballgowns ( 舞 会 礼 服 ).Over several hours,she took photos of the hundreds of drawings and lines, little grey fingerprints, and old marks. Somehow, she managed to photograph all those________of memories perfectly. Afterwards, she put all the photos together into one image (影像), ________ them into a beautiful history of my family.

Three weeks later, my children’s wonderful gift made its way to me – a life-size photo of the pencil lines and fingerprints that________ entire lifetimes of love and growth.

7 . On Thursday morning, two teenage boys were saved by a drone (无人机） in Australia while lifeguards were still training to use the machine.

The ____ , aged 15-17, got into difficulties about 700 feet off the coast of Lennox Head, New South Wales (NSW). A passer-by saw them ____ in dangerous waves. Lifesavers ____   sent the drone to drop a lifeboat, and the pair made their way safely to the ____ .

The drone, known as “Little Ripper”, was actually not ____ to be saving anyone just yet—lifeguards were being trained to ____ the machine. When a call came through about the swimmers ____ , the drone happened to be nearby.

Jai Sheridan was the lifeguard who ____ the drone. He described the experience as ____ . “The Little Ripper ____ proved itself today. It is a highly efficient（高效的）piece of lifesaving equipment. I was ____ the drone when the alarm was raised. I directed it towards the swimmers, and dropped the ____ . With its support they made their way to safety. They were ____ , but not hurt. The teens were saved in just 70 seconds with the drone—while a lifeguard would have taken up to six minutes to ____ the rescue.”

John Barilaro, an official of the state, ____ the rescue as historic. “It was the world’s   ____ rescue by the unmanned airplane,” he said. “Never before has a drone been used to ____ swimmers like this.”

Last December, the NSW state government ____ some “Little Ripper” drones for 247, 000 pounds. ____ some are designed to spot sharks, others are ____ with lifeboats, alarms and loudspeakers. “It was money well spent,” said John Barilaro.

8 . Douglas was my cousin. I first met him when he came to stay with my family for a _________, because his parents were going to teach in Africa.

He and his family _______all the way on the other side of the country, so we had never had a chance to visit. _________, when we arrived at the airport, it was not hard to find which person was my _________. He was the one standing all alone, looking around for someone to _______him. He looked a little scared to meet us, _________started to smile shyly after my mom hugged (拥抱) him.

When we got back home and Douglas _________putting his things away, I could not believe it. All of his _______were the same, all white shirts and dark blue shorts. He _________had a dark blue jacket with a tie!

“How come you __________only one kind of clothes?” I asked him.

“That's the way my school has __________been,” he said. “We have to wear uniforms.”

“I would hate having to wear the __________thing every day,” I said.

“I don't ________,” Douglas said. “It __________time. I don't have to think about what I am going to wear.”

“Well, we don't wear uniforms at our __________. You're going to look pretty __________if you come to school in a jacket and tie.”

Douglas looked worried. __________, I felt bad. I had not meant to ________his feelings. After all, it was not easy to come all this way to live with some ________family for a year. Then and there I decided that I was going to __________my cousin and try to make this as good a year as possible for him.

9 . About five years ago, I found myself working in a terrible middle school. The hours were long and the work was boring. _______, the pay was low. Every day the job seemed a physical _______ for me. My neck would burn with pain from the _______ bending. My feet would ache from _______ the entire day. The skin around my fingernails would _______ because of the work my hands were doing. I tried to keep my _______ up while I worked there, but day by day I felt myself _______ down. Every morning I would press sticking-plaster (膏药) on my neck, place Band-Aid around my fingers and _______ my worn-out shoes. And every night I would _______ myself home and fall onto the couch.

One evening I felt like I could____________ it no more. As I drove home alone, I said to myself. “Why am I working myself here just to ____________? Why couldn’t I find a better job than this? Why do I have to ____________ this right now?”

I wasn’t really expecting a(n) ____________, but life always loves to surprise us. As I ____________up the steps to my front door, I found my wife and my son waiting for me ____________ smiling faces. “Daddy, Daddy!” my son yelled. I smiled and picked him up with my ____________ arms. Then after hugging and kissing him, I laughed for the first time in days and sat down ____________. At that time, I found the answer which would give me the ____________ I needed to go on.

Eventually I moved on to a better school, but I____________ forgot that answer, which had gently reminded me of the simple truth. We may have to work to live, but we live to ____________. May you always fill your days with love and joy.

10 . Emily Bonfim Camargo, a 10-year-old girl from Brazil, has cerebral palsy (脑瘫). Because of her _________, she can’t hold objects with her hands or stand up. She’s never been able to walk, but that doesn’t _________ she doesn’t have the same dreams as other children. In particular, she’s always _________ to ride a bicycle.

“That was her dream, and I had to do something to _________,” says her grandfather, Clovis Urias dos Santos. The project wasn’t _________ for Clovis. Years ago, he fixed a seat on four wheels so that Emily could _________ and play around the house.

This time, to make Emily’s dream come true, Clovis bought her a tricycle. _________, she was unable to keep her _________ on the seat. So Clovis took the tricycle apart and put the useful pieces back together to _________ a more stable tricycle. The new tricycle isn’t just fun; it’s also ____________. Clovis added a basket behind the seat so that Emily could carry her schoolbag for school. Emily showed great ____________ for the tricycle and often rode it.

Emily’s mother says the doctors didn’t ____________ her daughter’s illness when she was born. It wasn’t until Emily was five months old that the family realized something was ____________. There’s no cure for cerebral palsy. Luckily, her situation is ____________. Her grandfather’ tricycle invention ____________ to make the Brazilian local news in later October of 2019, and the ____________ about her included a plea (恳求) for help. Within two months, two local businessmen had ____________ to buy something to help Emily live better.

What does the future hold for Emily? Only ____________ will tell, but her family and community fill her future with ____________. Actually, it’s also a(n) ____________ for all of us to look around us at the needs of others and support them.